archiveJune 2019

  The United States Mission in Nigeria Monday denied reports that the United States has placed a ban on student visa for Nigeria applicants. “Be advised, report of Student Visa ban for Nigerians is false,” US Mission in Nigeria tweeted. “If you have seen such manufactured item on Facebook and...

Airtel Africa Ltd, a unit of India’s Bharti Airtel Ltd, says it intends to list its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) at the same time as the London Stock Exchange (NSE). The company said on Monday that although the listing on the NSE was on, it had set...

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday said that results of the 2019 general elections were not transmitted electronically to its server, stressing that the Commission only experimented the technology during some staggered elections held in 2018. The Commission said that the clarification was necessary because...

  *Court fixes judgment for July 5 Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the four appeals filed by Senator Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last...

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measured inflation increased to 11.40 per cent (year-on-year) in May from 11.37 per cent recorded in April. The NBS made this known in its “CPI and Inflation Report’’ for May released in Abuja on Monday on...

The Director-General (DG) of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami would on Thursday this week in Lagos give a keynote to the 2019 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable. Disclosing this development, the Executive Director, DigitalSENSE Africa...

  Oil prices slipped on Monday as signs of an economic slowdown amid international trade disputes began to outweigh supply fears that were stoked by attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week and sent prices higher. Brent futures fell 25 cents, or 0.4 per cent, to...

  The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has ordered that the current status of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, MAPOLY, be reverted. This was as the governor set up a committee to look into operational modalities of Moshood Abiola University of Science and Technology, Abeokuta and Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia. Governor...

  At least 30 people have been killed in a triple suicide attack in northeast Nigeria, state emergency services officials said. Three suicide bombers detonated explosives at Konduga village, 25km from Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno state, on Sunday night, village head Bulama Kalli said. -Reuters...

  The Ondo State Government has accessed $37million in the past four years out of the $50million World Bank loan for the funding of health projects under the Nigeria State Heath Investment Project (NSHIP) The Special Adviser to the state governor on Health, Dr Jibayo Adeyeye, disclosed this at a...